Floor-covering.



- slightly different type of mst.. sho

mst which n isy hsve sn desired surfsce 1.1..'1 Stste of New York, hsveinvented new end psrticulsrly msts sind other coverings of rubber of the type ordinarilyl termed ru ber or tiling. v

`snd is desied to provide s covering ot ythis -the covering s "'mst", slathou hit will VYbo' vunderstood thst such terinvistos, construed itin-Limia mms w. cosmo, or BROOKLYN, nizw Your.

rmonoovnwo. y le. como. muiqilusmrimi.. y :mem ne. no, iccc.

y mim. egieifn .1ai`i.sss. To all idiom it may concern: v y j Meuitsble border The solid Bs it knownthet I, .hitze Cimino,

s citisen of the United-:Sintes of Americs, residing st Brooklyn, intliel county of Kings snd useful Improvements in Floor-Coverings, olv which,A the following ir s specifico hun. 1 v This invention relstes *tol floor coverings.

The invention contemplstes sn improve-v ment in s rubber or of the sheet snd individuel :b ook type, in which the met when lsid forms s solid sheet of msterisl hsvings t' or inleid tile sur fece, or o! l messie o'r block type, i.k e., constructed of sheets, blocks or sectioiiii` joined in any suitsble to produce sV desired form, pattern orl type of coveringY ortresdsurfsce.

The invention is not limited in its s vpliestion to either of the spec-iod types 0 fllingif chsrscter sving removsbl'e grstinge or sections -formed with perforstions in which dirt dust deposited onthe surfsce riisy collect until the reg-u lsr time' for clesxiirig,` thus preventinmthe d,irt,' otherwise lying onv the surtsce, ni over the niet s nd dsptin v s presentsble con ition st sll times, the construction being such thst u' v n the removsl o t the i fting or perforst .s section or sections-o the mst'or covering may be uickly', thoroughly snd convenient y cle-cnet?. In the eccompsnying.drswinge;-Figure l is stop plnn'view ofs. mst embodyin my invention. Fig. 2 is sj cross section'o the ssm'e. F 3 is splsn'v-iew' o! s portion o! e s. modification in the formntion o! the celle of` the grnting. Fig. 4 'is-fs 'cross section of the seme.

Forconvenience, I hereinsfter terni es contemplsting any; style" of rubber tilel door covennfz. l

l in the di wing dee'ignetesthe body of the siniv msy be provi or notwiths or otherwise heldin (softness therefrom ss desired. Ahe tions 5 receive s lsrge pro vimhopposnuico insy be rovided.

. iii claim v A rubber met or floor covering comprising locks thelnt'ter to be kept in- B5 Yiseotion having desired tile yiiiirffoce tnial. produced in we orbe congtructod of s-serieso Vindivid-v us tile blocks orjeectonsyceinented down l glsce, es shown. Tho mst is provided;v wit o control vreceiving spsce or 3; to receive s grs'tin'g or removable centrsl section or sections .4, prov vided with vs piurslit of perfornticns, t5. Thin grsting is prefers ly of the ssme thickneee ce thevmst end inl my event deeirnbly" lie flush with the litipper 'surfece of the solid body, snd msy d"v erv in co` rstion end rtion of the dirt end dust depositedupon t :mst snd ususlly tracked ecrans the surface of this seme, sdeptins the mst toelrw .lys snce. lAt the s itime the tin muy beremoved, thuelellowing the irt sn dust to be quickly end conveniently dislodged end the inst thorouhly cleaned.

By v t e grsting or removsble section or sections of s different or oontrsst rioreprosent s'nest sppessr-A vor,

cppesrsnce or tinieh from the body of the inst, s

mst of exceeding` y sttrsctive or piene s the invention, what ne new iai- Y `sv' thus deecri s 'bodyportion composed of s series of `vnor tiles cemented together, snd hs en Aoperi space sv Y portion,- `:surrounding w'sll, s grsting section hsving s centrally in seid y provid with ys etrsiglit vertical atrsi ht'verticsi surroundinwsll removcbly fitt in the open-fs ece wit wsll contsctiiig wit thesurrounding wsll c ssid open spscc sind bovini;l ita upper` end lower eufrfiicoii flush with the upper snd lower eurfncec oi the vbody "portion, ssid Ygrot' vrecon/iii perforstions sn esi'd' guting end esid g ing s surroundingv border, substsntislly ss specified. .f y

In testimony whercof, I si'x infpreeeiiceoftwo witnesses.

JAMES W. CLELAND.

my aignsture Witnesses: y

Ronxirr J. Frnn'rnxox, we!! -Eb una. 'f

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